USC athletics department announces 2014 baseball schedule

The University of South Carolina Baseball Team will play 37 home games at Carolina Stadium during the regular 2014 season.

The Gamecocks open their season February 14th with a three-game series against Bucknell.

19 games are against NCAA Tournament teams.

South Carolina and Clemson will meet in a unique
three-game setting for a fifth consecutive year. The series opens in Columbia on Friday, Feb.
28. Saturday
shifts to the Reedy River Rivalry game at Fluor Field, home of the Greenville
Drive, a minor league affiliate of the Boston Red Sox. The series finale concludes Sunday at
Clemson.

Additional in-state contests for the Gamecocks include
Charleston Southern, Coastal Carolina, College of Charleston, Furman,
Presbyterian, The Citadel, USC Upstate and Wofford.

South Carolina's 30-game SEC slate begins Friday, Mar.
14, with Carolina hosting Ole Miss in the Rebels' first visit to Columbia since
the 2010 regular season.

The Gamecocks have played every program on the
2014 schedule at least once. South
Carolina will meet Bucknell for the first time since the 2010 NCAA Regional
opener that was a 9-5 South Carolina victory, the first postseason win for the
Gamecocks on the way to the 2010 NCAA Division I Baseball Championship.

Here's the schedule:

DATE OPPONENT SITE TIME

FEBRUARY

14 Bucknell Columbia,
S.C. 3 p.m.

15 Bucknell Columbia,
S.C. 1:30 p.m.

16 Bucknell Columbia,
S.C. 1:30 p.m.

21 Eastern Kentucky Columbia, S.C. 3
p.m.

22 Eastern Kentucky Columbia, S.C. 4
p.m.

23 Eastern Kentucky Columbia, S.C. 1:30
p.m.

28 Clemson Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

MARCH

1 vs. Clemson Greenville,
S.C. (Fluor Field) TBA

2 at Clemson Clemson,
S.C. 4 p.m.

4 Stetson Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

5 Stetson Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

7 Brown Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

8 Brown Columbia,
S.C. 4 p.m.

9 Brown Columbia,
S.C. 1:30 p.m.

11 Furman Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

14 Ole Miss* Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

15 Ole Miss* Columbia,
S.C. 4 p.m.

16 Ole Miss* Columbia,
S.C. 1:30 p.m.

18 The Citadel Charleston,
S.C. 7 p.m.

21 at Kentucky* Lexington,
Ky. TBA

22 at Kentucky* Lexington,
Ky. TBA

23 at Kentucky* Lexington,
Ky. TBA

25 College of Charleston Columbia, S.C. 7
p.m.

26 Coastal Carolina Columbia, S.C. 7
p.m.

28 Tennessee* Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

29 Tennessee* Columbia,
S.C. 4 p.m.

30 Tennessee* Columbia,
S.C. 1:30 p.m.

APRIL

1 Appalachian State Columbia, S.C. 7
p.m.

2 Presbyterian Columbia, S.C. 7
p.m.

4 at Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark. TBA

5 at Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark. TBA

6 at Arkansas* Fayetteville, Ark. TBA

8 at Furman Greenville,
S.C. (Fluor Field) 7 p.m.

11 Florida* Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

12 Florida* Columbia,
S.C. 4 p.m.

13 Florida* Columbia,
S.C. 1:30 p.m.

15 Charleston Southern Columbia, S.C. 7
p.m.

18 at Auburn* Auburn,
Ala. 7 p.m.

19 at Auburn* Auburn,
Ala. 4 p.m.

20 at Auburn* Auburn,
Ala. 2 p.m.

22 Davidson Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

23 USC Upstate Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

25 Alabama* Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

26 Alabama* Columbia,
S.C. 4 p.m.

27 Alabama* Columbia,
S.C. 1:30 p.m.

MAY

2 at Georgia* Athens,
Ga. 7 p.m.

3 at Georgia* Athens,
Ga. 1 p.m.

4 at Georgia* Athens, Ga. 1 p.m.

7 Wofford Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

9 Missouri* Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

10 Missouri* Columbia,
S.C. 4 p.m.

11 Missouri* Columbia,
S.C. 1:30 p.m.

13 The Citadel Columbia,
S.C. 7 p.m.

15 at Vanderbilt* Nashville, Tenn. 7:30
p.m.

16 at Vanderbilt* Nashville, Tenn. 7:30
p.m.

17 at Vanderbilt* Nashville, Tenn. 3
p.m.

20-25 at SEC Tournament Hoover, Ala.

JUNE

May 30-2 NCAA Regionals TBA TBA

6-9 NCAA Super Regionals TBA TBA

14-25 College World Series Omaha, Neb. TBA

All times Eastern.
Dates and times subject to change
* denotes SEC game

South Carolina won the NCAA Division I Baseball
Championship in 2010 and 2011 at the College World Series. South Carolina has
11 College World Series appearances, including six in the last 12 years. South Carolina is the only school with 200 or
more wins in the last four years (2010 to the present) with a 201-70 record,
and the Gamecocks own the second-highest win total in the nation in the last 14
years (2000 to the present) with a 669-271 record. South Carolina is one of
five schools to appear in the NCAA Regional every season in the last 14 years,
including 11 NCAA Super Regional appearances in that span, one of only two
schools to accomplish the feat.

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